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author Gompper, Gerhard
Stone, Howard A.
Kurzthaler, Christina
Saintillan, David
Peruani, Fernado
Fedosov, Dmitry A.
Auth, Thorsten
Cottin-Bizonne, Cecile
Ybert, Christophe
Clement, Eric
Darnige, Thierry
Lindner, Anke
Goldstein, Raymond E.
Liebchen, Benno
Binysh, Jack
Souslov, Anton
Isa, Lucio
di Leonardo, Roberto
Frangipane, Giacomo
Gu, Hongri
Nelson, Bradley J.
Brauns, Fridtjof
Marchetti, M. Cristina
Cichos, Frank
Heuthe, Veit-Lorenz
Bechinger, Clemens
Korman, Amos
Feinerman, Ofer
Cavagna, Andrea
Giardina, Irene
Jeckel, Hannah
Drescher, Knut
author_facet Gompper, Gerhard
Stone, Howard A.
Kurzthaler, Christina
Saintillan, David
Peruani, Fernado
Fedosov, Dmitry A.
Auth, Thorsten
Cottin-Bizonne, Cecile
Ybert, Christophe
Clement, Eric
Darnige, Thierry
Lindner, Anke
Goldstein, Raymond E.
Liebchen, Benno
Binysh, Jack
Souslov, Anton
Isa, Lucio
di Leonardo, Roberto
Frangipane, Giacomo
Gu, Hongri
Nelson, Bradley J.
Brauns, Fridtjof
Marchetti, M. Cristina
Cichos, Frank
Heuthe, Veit-Lorenz
Bechinger, Clemens
Korman, Amos
Feinerman, Ofer
Cavagna, Andrea
Giardina, Irene
Jeckel, Hannah
Drescher, Knut
contents Activity and autonomous motion are fundamental aspects of many living and engineering systems. Here, the scale of biological agents covers a wide range, from nanomotors, cytoskeleton, and cells, to insects, fish, birds, and people. Inspired by biological active systems, various types of autonomous synthetic nano- and micromachines have been designed, which provide the basis for multifunctional, highly responsive, intelligent active materials. A major challenge for understanding and designing active matter is their inherent non-equilibrium nature due to persistent energy consumption, which invalidates equilibrium concepts such as free energy, detailed balance, and time-reversal symmetry. Furthermore, interactions in ensembles of active agents are often non-additive and non-reciprocal. An important aspect of biological agents is their ability to sense the environment, process this information, and adjust their motion accordingly. It is an important goal for the engineering of micro-robotic systems to achieve similar functionality. With many fundamental properties of motile active matter now reasonably well understood and under control, the ground is prepared for the study of physical aspects and mechanisms of motion in complex environments, of the behavior of systems with new physical features like chirality, of the development of novel micromachines and microbots, of the emergent collective behavior and swarming of intelligent self-propelled particles, and of particular features of microbial systems. The vast complexity of phenomena and mechanisms involved in the self-organization and dynamics of motile active matter poses major challenges, which can only be addressed by a truly interdisciplinary effort involving scientists from biology, chemistry, ecology, engineering, mathematics, and physics.
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spellingShingle The 2024 Motile Active Matter Roadmap
Gompper, Gerhard
Stone, Howard A.
Kurzthaler, Christina
Saintillan, David
Peruani, Fernado
Fedosov, Dmitry A.
Auth, Thorsten
Cottin-Bizonne, Cecile
Ybert, Christophe
Clement, Eric
Darnige, Thierry
Lindner, Anke
Goldstein, Raymond E.
Liebchen, Benno
Binysh, Jack
Souslov, Anton
Isa, Lucio
di Leonardo, Roberto
Frangipane, Giacomo
Gu, Hongri
Nelson, Bradley J.
Brauns, Fridtjof
Marchetti, M. Cristina
Cichos, Frank
Heuthe, Veit-Lorenz
Bechinger, Clemens
Korman, Amos
Feinerman, Ofer
Cavagna, Andrea
Giardina, Irene
Jeckel, Hannah
Drescher, Knut
Soft Condensed Matter
Biological Physics
Activity and autonomous motion are fundamental aspects of many living and engineering systems. Here, the scale of biological agents covers a wide range, from nanomotors, cytoskeleton, and cells, to insects, fish, birds, and people. Inspired by biological active systems, various types of autonomous synthetic nano- and micromachines have been designed, which provide the basis for multifunctional, highly responsive, intelligent active materials. A major challenge for understanding and designing active matter is their inherent non-equilibrium nature due to persistent energy consumption, which invalidates equilibrium concepts such as free energy, detailed balance, and time-reversal symmetry. Furthermore, interactions in ensembles of active agents are often non-additive and non-reciprocal. An important aspect of biological agents is their ability to sense the environment, process this information, and adjust their motion accordingly. It is an important goal for the engineering of micro-robotic systems to achieve similar functionality. With many fundamental properties of motile active matter now reasonably well understood and under control, the ground is prepared for the study of physical aspects and mechanisms of motion in complex environments, of the behavior of systems with new physical features like chirality, of the development of novel micromachines and microbots, of the emergent collective behavior and swarming of intelligent self-propelled particles, and of particular features of microbial systems. The vast complexity of phenomena and mechanisms involved in the self-organization and dynamics of motile active matter poses major challenges, which can only be addressed by a truly interdisciplinary effort involving scientists from biology, chemistry, ecology, engineering, mathematics, and physics.
title The 2024 Motile Active Matter Roadmap
topic Soft Condensed Matter
Biological Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2411.19783